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Pseudofavosites certus

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pseudofavositidae

Taxonomy
Pseudofavosites certus was named by Tchudinova (1965). Its type specimen is PIN 2053/34 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dorasham 2, Dzhulfian Stage, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Julfa Formation of Azerbaijan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pseudofavosites certus Tchudinova p. 150 figs. Pl 7, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyPseudofavositidaeSokolov 1950
genusPseudofavosites
speciescertus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pseudofavosites certus Tchudinova 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Pseudofavosites certus (type locality: 97229)